books about: rediscovering

books about: rediscovering

books:

Rediscovering

A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail (Official Guides to the Appalachian Trail)

Bill Bryson

Broadway, 1999

ridiculous, but it inspired me
I had a long history as a streetwalker. Yes, a streetwalker. But, I never had even spent the night outdoors. However, when I read Bill Bryson's book I immediately decided I wanted to thru-hike the entire 2,175 mile trail. There is a lot of criticism on the AT about ...

Courageous Souls: Do We Plan Our Life Challenges Before Birth?

Robert Schwartz

Whispering Winds Press, 2006

The Big Picture
Everything always makes sense when you can see the big picture. This book provides a glimpse into why events we perceive as "bad" happen, through a varied collection of individual cases. Our lives in this "reality" are just learning experiences, to expand our ...

The Divine Conspiracy: Rediscovering Our Hidden Life In God

Dallas Willard

HarperOne, 1998

Incredible...
Wonderful! Incredible look at our part in the process in spiritual formation. Helpful and faithful look at not only the scriptures but our part in them.

A Voyage Long and Strange: Rediscovering the New World

Tony Horwitz

Henry Holt and Co., 2008

The real American history
Horwitz spends three years traveling to the sites of early explorers and settlers who were in the Americas 100 years before the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock. Plymouth Rock or PR was long considered the birthplace of America, Horwitz shows that other places, ...

King, Warrior, Magician, Lover: Rediscovering the Archetypes of the Mature Masculine

Robert Moore, Douglas Gillette

HarperOne, 1991

Also a must read for Men.
Two key books all men should read (that are not part of their faith), this book and Iron John by Robert Bly. It give positive models of being a man that is compassionate and effective in the world. Thanks Robert Moore for writing it. This is for a mature man that has ...

Rediscovering God in America: Reflections on the Role of Faith in Our Nation's History

Newt Gingrich

Thomas Nelson, 2006

A Great Walking Tour for DC
Newt Gingrich's "Rediscovering God In America" (2006, 160-page hardback) is a great walking personal tour book for finding Christianity in Washington DC's monuments and government buildings. The final 18 pages presents a walker's map of DC and over 40 photos of the ...

The Heart of Christianity: Rediscovering a Life of Faith

Marcus J. Borg

HarperOne, 2004

Great Book
One of the best over all views of the emerging paradigm within the Christian Church. Good stuff about the progressive and conservative points of view, and what the mainline churches need to learn from each of them. The seeds to the future are here for everyone to ...

The Challenge of Jesus: Rediscovering Who Jesus Was and Is

N. T. Wright

InterVarsity Press, 1999

greatest book on jesus i've ever read
seriously, i haven't read any of the other reviews but there is no book that compares to this one. for some reason before i started reading it i decided that i would hi-lite the "wow" moments. that was a big mistake. everything got hi-lited. wright opens up ...

Rediscovering Catholicism: Journeying Toward Our Spiritual North Star

Matthew Kelly

Beacon Publishing (OH), 2002

Finally a Great Book On Catholicism
This book will inspire you to be a better person, Christian, and Catholic. Mr. Kelly will remind you what you know in your heart to be true about actively striving to be a better person, but struggle to attain in our crazy and fast-paced world. With ease, he inspires ...

A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail

Bill Bryson

Anchor, 2006

A MUST for any past, present or future hiker
Heard A WALK IN THE WOODS, written and read by Bill Bryson It is the true tale of the author's attempt to walk the 2,100 Appalachian Trail, which stretches from Georgia to Maine . . . although he ultimately was not successful in completing the entire AT (as it is ...

Informal Learning: Rediscovering the Natural Pathways That Inspire Innovation and Performance (Essential ...

Jay Cross

Pfeiffer, 2006

Highly Recommended
Jay Cross has written an invaluable book here for many reasons. It can be hard to face up to, but the medieval basis of our education is suddenly and starkly out of touch with the needs of a post-network society. After reading this book, it's hard not to face up to ...

God in the Wilderness: Rediscovering the Spirituality of the Great Outdoors with the Adventure Rabbi

Jamie Korngold

Doubleday, 2008

A Practical Guide to Welcoming the Natural World into Our Spiritual Lives
Consider the sources of wisdom that Rabbi Jamie Korngold taps in her ready-for-the-trail paperback memoir, "God in the Wildnerness." Yes, we meet such venerable sages as Maimonides, Martin Buber and Abraham Joshua Heschel. But there's also room here for Tevye from ...

How Africa Shaped the Christian Mind: Rediscovering the African Seedbed of Western Christianity

Thomas C. Oden

IVP Books, 2008

A Scholar's Treasure Hunt
Thomas Oden's "How Africa Shaped the Christian Mind" was not the book I expected when I read the title. It was different, it was more, it was less, it was challenging, and it was and is important. Oden, recently retired after a distinguished professorial career, is ...

The Real Price of Everything: Rediscovering the Six Classics of Economics

Sterling, 2008

Real Price of Everything by Lewis
This is a complicated book because of its length and technical verbiage in economics. The outline includes lengthy dissertations by 5 or more writers in foundational economic literature and reporting. These are: 1776: The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith ...

Pierced for Our Transgressions: Rediscovering the Glory of Penal Substitution

Steve Jeffery, Michael Ovey, ...

Crossway Books, 2007

A Line in the Sand
The doctrine of penal substitution doesn't, on the face of it, sound too glorious. It is a doctrine involving curse, punishment, blood and death. It is little wonder that people object to it so strenuously. Indeed, this teaching has been at the very center of a rift ...